Work & commute · McLaughlin

Work & commute in McLaughlin, SD

About one in 5 of McLaughlin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mobridge (10%), Rapid City (6%) and Cannon Ball (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

21 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 McLaughlin residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McLaughlin.

85live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McLaughlin goes to work

McLaughlin (in town)right here

20%21

Mobridge26.1 mi away

10%11

Rapid City168.4 mi away

6%6

Cannon Ball, ND36.3 mi away

5%5

Wakpala17 mi away

5%5

Sioux Falls254.5 mi away

4%4

McIntosh26.9 mi away

3%3

Pierre102.2 mi away

3%3

Spearfish172.5 mi away

3%3

Fort Yates, ND20.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%43

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far McLaughlin commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

20%

26%

30%

24%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McLaughlin is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McLaughlin are

269 jobs are based in McLaughlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McLaughlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McLaughlin

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs McLaughlin residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−5%

Jobs based in McLaughlin, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 269. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.